Dr. Xiulan Bao is an Assistant Research Fellow, at the Institute of Ethnic Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. She has undertaken fieldwork in Baarin Banner and Arhurchin Banner, Inner Mongolia, among the Yugur people, Gansu Province, and with Mongolian Epic singers in Qinghai Province. She has also worked on ongoing projects to safeguard intangible cultural heritage with Mongolian Huurin Ulger, Holboo.